Safety belt strap



April 2l, 1925.

E. c. WILLIAMS SAFETY BELT STRAP Filed June 27, 1923 Guai nu# PatentedApr.. 21, '1925.l

ELBERT CECIL WILLIAMS, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

SAFETY BELT STRAP.

Application filed June 27, 1923. Serial No. 648,170.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ELBRT CnoiL WIL- LIAMs, a citizen ofthe UnitedStates, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety BeltStraps, of which the following is a specification. g

This invention relates to apparel and more particularly to an attachmentfor retaining belts in the proper position on garments.

The object of this invention is'to provide a simple and inexpensiveretaining means for a belt lto be used in combination with ,the ordinarybelt guide on a garment whereby the movement of the belt in the guidewill be limited.

It is well known that belts, especially those on overcoats, are very-easily twisted unknown to the wearer and also when wearing a coat openand the belt unfastened, the belt usually slides through the belt guidesand hangs loosely or drags and in many instances is entirely removedfrom the garment. This invention is vdesigned tol prevent both thetwisting of the belt and the .sliding of the same so that the beltcannot be lost yby disconnection of the same thereof with the garmentunknown to the wearer. i

ln the drawings, wherein like parts are designated by like characters inthe several views, 'f

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the attachment applied.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the attachmentas shown in Fig; 1,.and

Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 on Fig. 2.

Referring to the parts by reference numerals, al garment is designatedby the numeral 10 having the ordinary belt guides 11 anda belt12. Thebeltretaining attach- ,the free endY ofthe stripy to the. belt ment is astrip 13 preferably of the same material as the belt, the same havingone end stitched or otherwise permanently fastened to the. belt at 14and having a detachable fastener 15 at the opposite end. lt is obviousthat the belt 12 must be provided with means to co-act with the fastener15. The retaining strip 13 is so positioned on the belt as tof bearranged adjacent one of the guides l1 so as to embrace the guide asshown in Fig. 1 and when the fastening member 15 is secured to the belt,movement of the belt relative to the guide is limited.

lf so desired the detachable feature of the invention can be dispensedwith and the strip 13 can be' permanently-fastened to the belt at bothends. Arsl many of these strips can be used as seen fit, that is, thebelt may be provided with a retaining strip for each belt guide or onlyone or two strips used, however, in the latter instance it is preferableto use the same with the belt guides nearest the front of the garment.,

l/Vith this attachment the belt is not only prevented from becomingaccidentally detached from the garment or being twisted unbeknown to thewearer, but also the ends of the belt are always in the properaccessible position for the wearer to fasten or buckle the belt as thecase may be.

What is claimed is: The combination of a garment having a belt loopthereon, a belt passing through Athe loop, a strip secured to the beltat one jside of the loop and extending over the loop. and detachablesecuring means, carried partly by the free end of the strip and partlybythe belt, for detachably securing' other side of the belt loop.

In testimony whereof I affix my signa- ELBnRT oEoiL WLLTAMS.

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